Numbers of simultaneous turnovers calculated from anesthesia or operating room information management system data

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 900-905

  Dexter, Franklin ^a,b   Marcon, Eric ^c   Aker, John ^b   Epstein, Richard H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURGEON; VALIDITY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70149091107     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181b08855     Document Type: Article

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